Michigan · statute · 116 of 1911, Mich. Comp. Laws · 9 active provisions
Any owner, part owner or lessee of a hay press, threshing machine, huller or other similar machine who shall press, thresh, or hull any hay, grain, corn, beans, peas or other vegetable products for another, shall, upon the filing of the statement herein provided, have a lien for the value of such services, or in case t…
Any person or persons entitled to a lien under this act shall, within 20 days after the pressing, threshing or hulling is completed, file in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which the hay, grain, seed or other products were grown, or pressing, threshing or hulling was done, a statement in writing ve…
The register of deeds, upon presentation of such statement and notice of lien, shall file the same in his office in the same manner as provided by law for the filing of chattel mortgages; and he shall be entitled to charge and receive from the person filing such statement and notice the same fee as provided by law for…
A copy of any such statement and notice of lien as aforesaid, certified by the register of deeds, shall be received in evidence in any proceeding taken to enforce the lien herein provided for, but only of the fact that such statement and notice of lien was received and filed according to the endorsement of the register…
The person having such lien may commence a suit for the recovery of such charges in a court of competent jurisdiction against the person liable for the payment thereof.
If such summons be returned personally served upon the defendant, the same proceedings shall be had, in all respects, as in other suits commenced by summons, in which there is a personal service of process, and judgment shall be rendered in such suit in like manner.
If the officer return upon such summons, that the defendant cannot be found within his county, the same proceedings shall be thereupon had, in all respects, as near as may be, as in suits commenced by attachment, in which there is not a personal service of a copy of the attachment upon the defendant, and judgment shall…
If the plaintiff recover judgment in such suit, execution shall issue thereon in the same manner and with the like effect, as upon judgments rendered in suits commenced by attachment, and the property upon which the plaintiff holds such lien, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such execution, may be s…
Any person who shall thereafter upon demand, refuse to pay the amount due for such threshing or hulling, and who shall sell, secrete, or dispose of the property covered by or subject to such lien, without the written consent of the owner or owners of said lien, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon convicti…